1942 St. Louis Browns season

Major League Baseball season

Major League Baseball team season

1942 St. Louis Browns

League| American League
Ballpark| Sportsman's Park
City| St. Louis, Missouri
Record| 82–69 (.543)
League place| 3rd
Owners| Donald Lee Barnes
General managers| Bill DeWitt
Managers| Luke Sewell
Radio| (Dizzy Dean, Johnny O'Hara)
| ← 1941 | Seasons | 1943 →

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The 1942 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 3rd in the American League with a record of 82 wins and 69 losses.

## Regular season

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### Season standings

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American League Team  | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road

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New York Yankees | 103 | 51  | .669  | —  | 58‍–‍19  | 45‍–‍32
Boston Red Sox | 93 | 59  | .612  | 9  | 53‍–‍24  | 40‍–‍35
St. Louis Browns | 82 | 69  | .543  | 19½  | 40‍–‍37  | 42‍–‍32
Cleveland Indians | 75 | 79  | .487  | 28  | 39‍–‍39  | 36‍–‍40
Detroit Tigers | 73 | 81  | .474  | 30  | 43‍–‍34  | 30‍–‍47
Chicago White Sox | 66 | 82  | .446  | 34  | 35‍–‍35  | 31‍–‍47
Washington Senators | 62 | 89  | .411  | 39½  | 35‍–‍42  | 27‍–‍47
Philadelphia Athletics | 55 | 99  | .357  | 48  | 25‍–‍51  | 30‍–‍48

### Record vs. opponents

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1942 American League record

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Team  | BOS  | CWS  | CLE  | DET  | NYY  | PHA  | SLB  | WSH
Boston | — | 13–8 | 14–8 | 15–7 | 12–10 | 14–8 | 11–11 | 14–7
Chicago | 8–13 | — | 11–11 | 9–13 | 7–15 | 12–10 | 6–13 | 13–7
Cleveland | 8–14 | 11–11 | — | 9–13–2 | 7–15 | 16–6 | 9–13 | 15–7
Detroit | 7–15 | 13–9 | 13–9–2 | — | 7–15 | 13–9 | 11–11 | 9–13
New York | 10–12 | 15–7 | 15–7 | 15–7 | — | 16–6 | 15–7 | 17–5
Philadelphia | 8–14 | 10–12 | 6–16 | 9–13 | 6–16 | — | 6–16 | 10–12
St. Louis | 11–11 | 13–6 | 13–9 | 11–11 | 7–15 | 16–6 | — | 11–11
Washington | 7–14 | 7–13 | 7–15 | 13–9 | 5–17 | 12–10 | 11–11 | —

### Notable transactions

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* June 1, 1942: Bob Harris and Bob Swift were traded by the Browns to the Philadelphia Athletics for Frankie Hayes.[1]
* June 1, 1942: Bill Trotter and Roy Cullenbine were traded by the Browns to the Washington Senators for Mike Chartak and Steve Sundra.[2]

### Roster

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1942 St. Louis Browns

Roster
Pitchers

* 26,27 Pete Appleton
* 18 Elden Auker
* 27 Frank Biscan
* 16 George Caster
* 19 Stan Ferens
* 22 Denny Galehouse
* 24 Loy Hanning
* 20 Bob Harris
* 25 Al Hollingsworth
* 29 Bob Muncrief
* 21 Johnny Niggeling
* 23 Fritz Ostermueller
* 23 Ewald Pyle
* 17 Steve Sundra
* 17 Bill Trotter
* 26 John Whitehead

|  | Catchers

*  9 Rick Ferrell
*  8 Frankie Hayes
* 32 Luke Sewell
*  8 Bob Swift

Infielders

* 20 Johnny Berardino
*  7 Harlond Clift
*  4 Don Gutteridge
*  1 Don Heffner
*  3 George McQuinn
*  5 Vern Stephens
*  2 Alan Strange

|  | Outfielders

* 10 Mike Chartak
* 14 Tony Criscola
* 50 Roy Cullenbine
* 12 Wally Judnich
* 28 Chet Laabs
* 15 Glenn McQuillen

Other batters

* \-- Babe Dahlgren
* 10 Ray Hayworth

|  | Manager

* 32 Luke Sewell

Coaches

* 33 Fred Hofmann
* 34 Zack Taylor

## Player stats

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### Batting

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#### Starters by position

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Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos  | Player  | G  | AB  | H  | Avg.  | HR  | RBI

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C | Rick Ferrell | 99 | 273 | 61 | .223 | 0 | 26
1B | George McQuinn | 145 | 554 | 145 | .262 | 12 | 78
2B | Don Gutteridge | 147 | 616 | 157 | .255 | 1 | 50
SS | Vern Stephens | 145 | 575 | 169 | .294 | 14 | 92
3B | Harlond Clift | 143 | 541 | 148 | .274 | 7 | 55
OF | Glenn McQuillen | 100 | 339 | 96 | .283 | 3 | 47
OF | Wally Judnich | 132 | 457 | 143 | .313 | 17 | 82
OF | Chet Laabs | 144 | 520 | 143 | .275 | 27 | 99

#### Other batters

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Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player  | G  | AB  | H  | Avg.  | HR  | RBI

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Mike Chartak | 73 | 237 | 59 | .249 | 9 | 43
Frankie Hayes | 56 | 159 | 40 | .252 | 2 | 17
Tony Criscola | 91 | 158 | 47 | .297 | 1 | 13
Roy Cullenbine | 38 | 109 | 21 | .193 | 2 | 14
Bob Swift | 29 | 76 | 15 | .197 | 1 | 8
Johnny Berardino | 29 | 74 | 21 | .284 | 1 | 10
Alan Strange | 19 | 37 | 10 | .270 | 0 | 5
Don Heffner | 19 | 36 | 6 | .167 | 0 | 3
Luke Sewell | 6 | 12 | 1 | .083 | 0 | 0
Babe Dahlgren | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0
Ray Hayworth | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0

### Pitching

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#### Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player  | G  | IP  | W  | L  | ERA  | SO

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Elden Auker | 35 | 249.0 | 14 | 13 | 4.08 | 62
Johnny Niggeling | 28 | 206.1 | 15 | 11 | 2.66 | 107
Denny Galehouse | 32 | 192.1 | 12 | 12 | 3.60 | 75
Bob Muncrief | 24 | 134.1 | 6 | 8 | 3.89 | 39
Steve Sundra | 20 | 110.2 | 8 | 3 | 3.82 | 26
Bob Harris | 6 | 33.2 | 1 | 5 | 5.61 | 9

#### Other pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player  | G  | IP  | W  | L  | ERA  | SO

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Al Hollingsworth | 33 | 161.0 | 10 | 6 | 2.96 | 60
Stan Ferens | 19 | 69.0 | 3 | 4 | 3.78 | 23
Fritz Ostermueller | 10 | 43.2 | 3 | 1 | 3.71 | 21

#### Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player  | G  | W  | L  | SV  | ERA  | SO

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George Caster | 39 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 2.81 | 34
Pete Appleton | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.96 | 12
Frank Biscan | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2.33 | 10
Loy Hanning | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7.79 | 9
John Whitehead | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 0
Bill Trotter | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18.00 | 0
Ewald Pyle | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 1

## Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball

Level  | Team  | League  | Manager

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AA  | Toledo Mud Hens | American Association | Fred Haney
A1  | San Antonio Missions | Texas League | Ralph Winegarner
B  | Springfield Browns | Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League | Jimmy Adair
C  | Gloversville-Johnstown Glovers | Canadian–American League | Bill Hornsby
D  | Huntington Jewels | Mountain State League | Art Scharein

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## References

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1. ^ Frankie Hayes page at Baseball Reference
2. ^ Bill Trotter page at Baseball Reference
3. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
4. ^ "1942 Huntington Jewels Statistics".

## External links

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* 1942 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference
* 1942 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com

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